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By Stella Dawson<p>WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising number of U.S. states have strengthened laws to combat human trafficking in the past year but programs to help victims of forced prostitution and labor are lagging behind, according to a report by an anti-slavery group on …

<b>Kay Chernush believes in the power of reinventing one's self. It's a central theme in her photography and the narrative of her own life.</b><p>She describes the moment following her double mastectomy when everything changed: "I experienced a strong sense of emptiness, as though I was dangling over a void. …

Photo Credit: Walk Free Foundation<p>Oct. 18th 2014 marked Anti-Slavery Day in the U.K. and Anti-Trafficking Day in Europe. It provides an opportunity to highlight the significance of the global anti-slavery movement at a time when there are more people in slavery than in the entire 350-year history …

Human traffickers are exploiting thousands of victims in the U.S. with ease mostly because authorities are not properly trained to identify these crimes, according to a new groundbreaking report.<p>An estimated 21 million people across the globe are subjected to forced labor and other forms of …

Most of the women are brought into the country after responding to fake job postings and are either emotionally manipulated or physically threatened into the sex trade. Some of them are forced to have sex for as little as five dollars.<p><i>Photos by Myrto Papadopoulos</i><p>As if Greece didn't have enough …

<b>Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai wrote an anonymous diary about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan. She was shot in the head by militants for daring to go to school. In 2014 she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.</b><p>Accepting the award in Oslo she said she …

<b>In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali considers Nigeria's inability to prevent the Boko Haram militant group from gaining ground in the north-east.</b><p>Just when you imagine that it cannot get worse for the Nigerian military and its pride as a fighting force, it takes a …

Prosecutors in California have charged a woman they refer to as a Saudi princess for the alleged human trafficking of a Kenyan woman.<p>Tony Rackauckas, the Orange County District Attorney, on Wednesday identified 42-year-old Meshael Alayban as a Saudi princess charged with one count of human …

Media,The Sun,Rape,Women,Page 3,National newspapers,Newspapers,Czech Republic,UK news,Investigative journalism,Campaigning journalism,National Union of Journalists<p>The Sun's presentation of story yesterday about a woman trafficked from the Czech Republic to Britain and forced to work as a prostitute …

A woman who exploited vulnerable immigrants to work door to door collecting for a children's charity has been jailed for three years.<p>Jurate Grigelyte, 53, trafficked Lithuanian nationals to the UK with the promise of good employment and accommodation, but the workers, many of whom spoke little or …

Anuradha Koirala is a 65-year-old woman who's spent the last 21 years saving women and girls from human trafficking in Nepal. We interviewed her about raiding mafia-run brothels and rescuing some 50,000 people from the sex trade.<p><i>Anuradha Koirala speaking at an awareness rally. All photos via</i> …

Liberia’s airwaves are filled with information about the Ebola crisis, but some of the most thorough news has come from an unlikely source — hip-hop radio. One of Monrovia’s best-loved stations, Hott FM, has taken on a mission to spread awareness of the disease.<p>“Being one of the most listened to …